Best Cable To Use For Outdoor Lighting

There are some useful guides and further advice on electrical safety and individual appliances here.

Best cable to use for outdoor lighting. LED light is in red with the proposed wire route in blue. Ad Find China Manufacturers Of Recessed Led Downlights. Ad Find China Manufacturers Of Recessed Led Downlights.

All the Factorylux power cable has 15mm² cores and is rated up to 15 Amps. IP means the equipment has an Ingress Protection rating. Long life span 50000 hours.

You can fit the 300w flood light using 1mm 3 core TRS tough rubber sheath cable it will withstand the elements and sunlight better than PVC twin and earth. Cable entry on boxes. Luckily with LED lighting the lamps use much less watts than traditional fittings.

The best choice would be to go with one that is rated for both indoor and outdoor use. Ad LED Strips for your room with 300 color options. For running Christmas lights you want to make sure that any cord you use is rated for outdoor use.

Strip the sheath from the cable using your knife running the knife along the length of the cable not around it. Spike lights these always seem to be a fox favourite for some reason. Sun is at the back of the house so this side is mainly shaded apart.

Idealy if this is froming part of a permenent installation it should be in soild core conductors. Either use Hi-tuff or conduit. Although described as lighting cable the 075mm² flex can be used for appliances rated below 6 Amps or 1380 Watts.